Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid
Dennis William Quaid is an American actor known for a wide variety of dramatic and comedic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, his career rebounded in the 1990s after he overcame an addiction to drugs and an eating disorder. Some of his notable credits include Breaking Away, The Right Stuff, Wyatt Earp, The Rookie, The Day After Tomorrow, Traffic, Vantage Point, Footloose, Frequency, The Parent Trap, Yours, Mine & Ours and Soul Surfer. For his role in Far...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth9 April 1954
CityHouston, TX
It's the most beautiful setting in golf and you get to play with the best players in the world. It puts pressure on your game and it makes you that much better. It's just a magical setting.
I'd love to do a golf movie. I turned down Don Johnson's role in 'Tin Cup.' I regret that.
Going to the golf course every day for work? That's a good job.
Golf is meaningless, but it means so much.
I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.
I spent a weekend in the White House with President Clinton, back in '99, I guess. We played golf and just hung out and talked on many subjects. I saw him several times subsequently in L.A. He's the smartest man I ever met, a great politician. Everybody was star struck around him.
I found golf late in life, in 1990. I took some lessons and struggled. Then one day, I hit a drive that was so crisp and clean, with no vibration. There's no feeling like it. I was hooked.
Surfing is like golf: You're always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It's magic.
I've spent about a year of my life here between the four movies I've filmed. I can't imagine how devastated people must feel.
I've been playing music since I was 12 and I like to play in a band. It takes the place of theatre for me, the live performance element.
I've been down to a 1 twice, and every time I get down there I start playing badly. I'm playing like a 13 right now. I have no idea why. It's all between the ears.
I wasn't interested in doing a baseball story. My favorite sports movies transcend the sports that they are about.
I wasn't interested in doing a baseball story.
I would like to work with Todd Phillips of 'The Hangover'. I would like to do more comedies; it would be a lot of fun. No actors in particular. I don't consciously seek out things to do.